# Works of Rambhadracharya

Jagadguru Rambhadracharya (or Swami Rambhadracharya) is a Hindu religious leader, Sanskrit scholar and Katha artist based in Chitrakoot, India. His works consist of poems, commentaries, plays and musical compositions of his works, etc. He has authored more than 250 books and 50 papers, including four epic poems (two each in Sanskrit and Hindi), a Hindi commentary on Tulsidas' Ramcharitmanas, and Sanskrit commentaries on the Ashtadhyayi and the Prasthanatrayi scriptures. Various audio and video recordings o his works have also been released. He writes in Sanskrit, Hindi, Awadhi, Maithili, and several other languages.
Śrībhārgavarāghavīyam is his most notable work, for which he won several awards including the Sahitya Akademi Award for Sanskrit. He has also been given many other literary honors and titles, such as Mahakavi (Great poet) and Kavikularatna (Jewel of the poet clan).
His major literary and musical compositions, grouped by genre, are listed below.

## Key

| – | Undated ("Year" column) |
| $^‡$ | Unpublished manuscript |
| $^#$ | Work in progress |

## Poetry
### Mahākāvyas (Epic poems)

| Year | Title | Language | Publisher | Summary |
| 1994 | Arundhatī (अरुन्धती) | Hindi | Shri Raghav Sahitya Prakashan Nidhi, Haridwar | Epic poem composed in 1,279 verses divided into 15 cantos on the life of the seer couple Vasishtha and Arundhati. |
| 2002 | Śrībhārgavarāghavīyam (श्रीभार्गवराघवीयम्) | Sanskrit | Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Handicapped University | Epic poem consisting of 2,121 verses composed in 40 Sanskrit and Prakrit metres, divided into 21 cantos of 101 verses each, with a Hindi commentary by the poet. Recipient of Sahitya Akademi Award for Sanskrit, Ramkrishna Jaidayal Dalmia Shreevani Alankaran, Banabhatta Award and Vachaspati Award. |
| 2010 | Aṣṭāvakra (अष्टावक्र) | Hindi | Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Handicapped University | Epic poem composed in 864 verses divided into 8 cantos of 108 verses each. This epic narrates the story of the seer Ashtavakra, who is presented as the flag bearer of the disabled. |
| 2011 | Gītarāmāyaṇam (गीतरामायणम्) | Sanskrit | Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Handicapped University | Sanskrit lyrical epic poem, narrating the Ramayana in 1,008 Sanskrit songs divided into 28 cantos of 36 songs each, based on traditional folk music tunes. |

### Khaṇḍakāvyas (minor poems)

| Year | Title | Language | Publisher | Summary |
| 1980 | Kākā Vidura (काका विदुर) | Hindi | Shri Gita Gyan Mandir, Rajkot | Minor poem on the character Vidura from Mahabharata. |
| 1980 | Mukundasmaraṇam (मुकुन्दस्मरणम्) | Sanskrit | Shri Gita Gyan Mandir, Rajkot | Minor poem in two parts eulogising Krishna. |
| 1982 | Mā̐ Śabarī (मा̐ शबरी) | Hindi | Giridhar Koshalendra Chiantan Samiti, Darbhanga | Minor poem on the character Shabari from Ramayana. |
| 1996 | Ājādacandraśekharacaritam (आजादचन्द्रशेखरचरितम्) | Sanskrit | Shri Tulsi Peeth Seva Nyas | Minor poem on the acts and life of the Indian freedom fighter Chandrashekhar Azad, with a Hindi commentary by Dr. Gita Devi Misra. |
| 2000 | Sarayūlaharī (सरयूलहरी) | Sanskrit | Shri Tulsi Peeth Seva Nyas | Minor poem on the river Sarayu that flows through Ayodhya. |
| 2001 | Laghuraghuvaram (लघुरघुवरम्) | Sanskrit | Shri Tulsi Peeth Seva Nyas | Minor poem on the infant form of Rama composed only in the short syllables of Sanskrit. |
| 2004 | Bhṛṅgadūtam (भृङ्गदूतम्) | Sanskrit | Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Handicapped University | Consisting of 501 verses divided in two parts and composed entirely in the Mandākrāntā metre, this minor poem describes the message sent by Rama via a bumblebee, residing on the Pravarṣaṇa mountain in Kishkindha, to his wife Sita, who is held captive by Ravana in Lanka. |

### Gītakāvyas (lyrical poems)

| Year | Title | Language | Publisher | Summary | Notes |
| 1991 | Rāghavagītaguñjana (राघवगीतगुञ्जन) | Hindi | Shri Raghav Sahitya Prakashan Nidhi, Haridwar | Lyrical poem | |
| 1993 | Bhaktigītasudhā (भक्तिगीतसुधा) | Hindi | Shri Raghav Sahitya Prakashan Nidhi, Haridwar | Lyrical poem with 438 songs on Rama and Krishna. | |

### Śatakakāvyas (Poems of one hundred verses)

| Year | Title | Language | Publisher | Summary |
| 1997 | Śrīrāmabhaktisarvasvam (श्रीरामभक्तिसर्वस्वम्) | Sanskrit | Shri Tulsi Peeth Seva Nyas | Poem of one hundred verses. |
| – | Āryāśatakam (आर्याशतकम्) $^‡$ | Sanskrit | — | Poem of one hundred verses in the Arya metre. |
| – | Caṇḍīśatakam (चण्डीशतकम्) $^‡$ | Sanskrit | — | Poem of one hundred verses in praise of the goddess Chandi. |
| – | Rāghavendraśatakam (राघवेन्द्रशतकम्) $^‡$ | Sanskrit | — | Poem of one hundred verses in praise of Rama. |
| – | Gaṇapatiśatakam (गणपतिशतकम्) $^‡$ | Sanskrit | — | Poem of one hundred verses in praise of Ganesha. |
| – | Śrīrāghavacaraṇacihnaśatakam (श्रीराघवचरणचिह्नशतकम्) $^‡$ | Sanskrit | — | Poem of one hundred verses in praise of footprints of Rama. |

### Stotrakāvyas (Eulogies)

| Year | Title | Language | Publisher | Summary |
| 1987 | Śrījānakīkṛpākaṭākṣastotram (श्रीजानकीकृपाकटाक्षस्तोत्रम्) | Sanskrit | Shri Tulsi Peeth Seva Nyas | Poem eulogising the compassionate glance of Sita. |
| 1992 | Śrīrāmavallabhāstotram (श्रीरामवल्लभास्तोत्रम्) | Sanskrit | Shri Raghav Sahitya Prakashan Nidhi, Haridwar | Poem eulogising Sita. |
| 1994 | Śrīgaṅgāmahimnastotram (श्रीगङ्गामहिम्नस्तोत्रम्) | Sanskrit | Shri Raghava Sahitya Prakashan Nidhi, Haridwar | Poem eulogising the greatness of the river Ganges. |
| 1995 | Śrīcitrakūṭavihāryaṣṭakam (श्रीचित्रकूटविहार्यष्टकम्) | Sanskrit | Shri Raghav Sahitya Prakashan Nidhi, Haridwar | Poem in eight verses eulogising Rama. |
| 2002 | Śrīrāghavabhāvadarśanam (श्रीराघवभावदर्शनम्) | Sanskrit | Shri Tulsi Peeth Seva Nyas | Poem in eight Śikhariṇī metres, eulogising the birth of Rama by comparing infant Rama via eight Utprekṣā figures of speech respectively to the moon, a dark cloud, the ocean, an emerald, a Tamāla tree, Kamadeva, a blue lotus, and a bumblebee. With an Awadhi poetic translation and Hindi commentary by the poet. |

### Other poems

| Year | Title | Language | Publisher | Summary |
| 2003 | Kubjāpatram (कुब्जापत्रम्) | Sanskrit | Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Handicapped University | A Patrakāvya (letter poem); letter to Krishna from the hunchback female whose episode is described in the Bhagavata Purana. |
| 2008 | Śrīsītārāmakelikaumudī (श्रीसीतारामकेलिकौमुदी) | Hindi | Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Handicapped University | A Rītikāvya (Procedural–era Hindi poem), consisting of 327 assorted verses, divided in three parts of 109 verses each, composed in six Prakrit metres. The verses describe different activities of the child forms of Sita and Rama. |
| 2009 | Śrīsītārāmasuprabhātam (श्रीसीतारामसुप्रभातम्) | Sanskrit | Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Handicapped University | A suprabhatam (hymn sung at dawn) addressed to Sita and Rama, consisting of 40 verses composed in 8 Śārdūlavikrīḍita, 24 Vasantatilakā, 4 Sragdharā, and 4 Mālinī metres. With a Hindi translation by the poet. |

## Plays

| Year | Title | Language | Publisher | Summary | Notes |
| 1996 | Śrīrāghavābhyudayam (श्रीराघवाभ्युदयम्) | Sanskrit | Shri Tulsi Peeth Seva Nyas | Single–act Nāṭakakāvya (Play poem) on the ascent of Rama. | |
| – | Utsāha (उत्साह) | Hindi | Shri Tulsi Peeth Seva Nyas | – | |

## Prose
### Sanskrit commentaries on the Prasthānatrayī

Rambhadracharya composed Sanskrit commentaries titled Śrīrāghavakṛpābhāṣyam on the Prasthanatrayi – Brahma Sutra, the Bhagavad Gita, and eleven Upanishads. These commentaries were released on 10 April 1998 by the then Prime Minister of India, Atal Behari Vajpayee. Rambhadracharya composed Śrīrāghavakṛpābhāṣyam on Narada Bhakti Sutra in 1991. He thus revived—after five hundred years—the tradition of Sanskrit commentaries on the Prasthanatrayi. He also gave the Ramananda Sampradaya its second commentary on Prasthanatrayi in Sanskrit, the first being the Ānandabhāṣyam, composed by Ramananda himself. Rambhadracharya's commentary in Sanskrit on the Prasthanatrayi was the first written in almost 600 years.
| Year | Title | Commentary on | Publisher |
| 1998 | Śrībrahmasūtreṣu Śrīrāghavakṛpābhāṣyam (श्रीब्रह्मसूत्रेषु श्रीराघवकृपाभाष्यम्) | Brahma Sutra | Shri Tulsi Peeth Seva Nyas |
| 1998 | Śrīmadbhagavadgītāsu Śrīrāghavakṛpābhāṣyam (श्रीमद्भगवद्गीतासु श्रीराघवकृपाभाष्यम्) | Bhagavad Gita | Shri Tulsi Peeth Seva Nyas |
| 1998 | Kaṭhopaniṣadi Śrīrāghavakṛpābhāṣyam (कठोपनिषदि श्रीराघवकृपाभाष्यम्) | Katha Upanishad | Shri Tulsi Peeth Seva Nyas |
| 1998 | Kenopaniṣadi Śrīrāghavakṛpābhāṣyam (केनोपनिषदि श्रीराघवकृपाभाष्यम्) | Kena Upanishad | Shri Tulsi Peeth Seva Nyas |
| 1998 | Māṇḍūkyopaniṣadi Śrīrāghavakṛpābhāṣyam (माण्डूक्योपनिषदि श्रीराघवकृपाभाष्यम्) | Mandukya Upanishad | Shri Tulsi Peeth Seva Nyas |
| 1998 | Iśāvāsyopaniṣadi Śrīrāghavakṛpābhāṣyam (ईशावास्योपनिषदि श्रीराघवकृपाभाष्यम्) | Ishavasya Upanishad | Shri Tulsi Peeth Seva Nyas |
| 1998 | Praśnopaniṣadi Śrīrāghavakṛpābhāṣyam (प्रश्नोपनिषदि श्रीराघवकृपाभाष्यम्) | Prashna Upanishad | Shri Tulsi Peeth Seva Nyas |
| 1998 | Taittirīyopaniṣadi Śrīrāghavakṛpābhāṣyam (तैत्तिरीयोपनिषदि श्रीराघवकृपाभाष्यम्) | Taittiriya Upanishad | Shri Tulsi Peeth Seva Nyas |
| 1998 | Aitareyopaniṣadi Śrīrāghavakṛpābhāṣyam (ऐतरेयोपनिषदि श्रीराघवकृपाभाष्यम्) | Aitareya Upanishad | Shri Tulsi Peeth Seva Nyas |
| 1998 | Śvetāsvataropaniṣadi Śrīrāghavakṛpābhāṣyam (श्वेताश्वतरोपनिषदि श्रीराघवकृपाभाष्यम्) | Shvetashvatara Upanishad | Shri Tulsi Peeth Seva Nyas |
| 1998 | Chāndogyopaniṣadi Śrīrāghavakṛpābhāṣyam (छान्दोग्योपनिषदि श्रीराघवकृपाभाष्यम्) | Chandogya Upanishad | Shri Tulsi Peeth Seva Nyas |
| 1998 | Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣadi Śrīrāghavakṛpābhāṣyam (बृहदारण्यकोपनिषदि श्रीराघवकृपाभाष्यम्) | Brihadaranyaka Upanishad | Shri Tulsi Peeth Seva Nyas |
| 1998 | Muṇḍakopaniṣadi Śrīrāghavakṛpābhāṣyam (मुण्डकोपनिषदि श्रीराघवकृपाभाष्यम्) | Mundaka Upanishad | Shri Tulsi Peeth Seva Nyas |

### Other Sanskrit commentaries

| Year | Title | Commentary on | Publisher |
| 1991 | Śrīnāradabhaktisūtreṣu Śrīrāghavakṛpābhāṣyam (श्रीनारदभक्तिसूत्रेषु श्रीराघवकृपाभाष्यम्) | Narada Bhakti Sutra | Shri Tulsi Peeth Seva Nyas |
| 1997 | Aṣṭādhyāyyāḥ Pratisūtraṃ Śābdabodhasamīkṣaṇam (अष्टाध्याय्याः प्रतिसूत्रं शाब्दबोधसमीक्षणम्) | Sutras of the Ashtadhyayi. (D Litt dissertation) | Under publication by the Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan |
| 2001 | Śrīrāmastavarājastotre Śrīrāghavakṛpābhāṣyam (श्रीरामस्तवराजस्तोत्रे श्रीराघवकृपाभाष्यम्) | Rāmastavarājastotra | Shri Tulsi Peeth Seva Nyas |

### Hindi commentaries

| Year | Title | Commentary on | Publisher |
| 1983 | Mahavīrī (महावीरी) | Critical edition of Hanuman Chalisa, with a commentary named Mahavīrī | Shri Krishna Janma Seva Sansthan, Mathura |
| 1985 | Śrīgītātātparya (श्रीगीतातात्पर्य) | Bhagavad Gita | Shri Raghav Sahitya Prakashan Nidhi, Haridwar |
| 2005 | Bhāvārthabodhinī (भावार्थबोधिनी) | Ramcharitmanas | Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Handicapped University |
| – | Śrīrāghavakṛpābhāṣya (श्रीराघवकृपभाष्य) $^#$ | Commentary on the Ramcharitmanas in nine volumes. | — |

### Critiques

| Year | Title | Language | Publisher | Summary |
| 1981 | Adhyātmarāmāyaṇe Apāṇinīyaprayogānāṃ Vimarśaḥ (अध्यात्मरामायणे अपाणिनीयप्रयोगानां विमर्शः) $^‡$ | Sanskrit | — | Deliberation on the non–Paninian usages in the Adhyātma Rāmāyaṇa. PhD dissertation. |
| 1982 | Mānasa Me̐ Tāpasa Prasaṅga (मानस में तापस प्रसंग) | Hindi | Shri Gita Gyan Mandir, Rajkot | Deliberation on the episode of the unnamed ascetic in Ayodhya Kand of Ramcharitmanas. |
| 1988 | Sanātanadharma Kī Vigrahasvarūpa Gomātā (सनातनधर्म की विग्रहस्वरूप गोमाता) | Hindi | Shri Raghav Sahitya Prakashan Nidhi, Haridwar | Deliberation on the status of the cow in Hinduism. |
| 1988 | Śrītulasīsāhitya me̐ Kṛṣṇa Kathā (श्रीतुलसीसाहित्य में कृष्णकथा) | Hindi | Shri Raghav Sahitya Prakashan Nidhi, Haridwar | Investigative research into the narrative of Krishna in the works of Tulsidas. |
| 1990 | Sīta Nirvāsana Nahī̐ (सीता निर्वासन नहीं) | Hindi | Shri Raghav Sahitya Prakashan Nidhi, Haridwar | Critique which argues that the episode of banishment of Sita is a later interpolation of Valmiki in the Ramayana. |
| 2007 | Śrīrāsapañcādhyāyīvimarśaḥ (श्रीरासपञ्चाध्यायीविमर्शः) | Hindi | Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Handicapped University | Deliberation on the Rāsapañcādhyāyī section, the five chapters dealing with the celestial dance of Krishna with the Gopis, of the Bhagavata Purana. |

### Discourses

| Year | Title | Language | Book consisting of | Publisher |
| 1980 | Bharata Mahimā (भरत महिमा) | Hindi | A nine–day discourse on the glory of Bharata in the Ramayana. | Shri Gita Gyan Mandir, Rajkot |
| 1985 | Sugrīva Kā Agha Aura Vibhīṣaṇa Kī Karatūti (सुग्रीव का अघ और विभीषण की करतूति) | Hindi | A nine–day Hindi discourse on the two characters Sugriva and Vibhishana in the Ramayana. | Shri Krishna Janma Seva Sansthan, Mathura |
| 1989 | Mānasa me̐ Sumitrā (मानस में सुमित्रा) | Hindi | A nine–day discourse on the character of Sumitra in the Ramcharitmanas. | Shri Raghav Sahitya Prakashan Nidhi, Haridwar |
| 1992 | Prabhu Kari Kṛpā Pā̐varī Dīnhī (प्रभु करि कृपा पाँवरी दीन्ही) | Hindi | A nine–day discourse on the episode of Rama handing over his sandals to Bharata at Chitrakoot from the Ramayana. | Shri Tulsi Peeth Seva Nyas |
| 1993 | Parama Baḍabhāgī Jaṭāyu (परम बड़भागी जटायु) | Hindi | A nine–day discourse on the character of Jatayu in the Ramayana. | Shri Raghav Sahitya Prakashan Nidhi, Haridwar |
| 2001 | Śrī Sītārāma Vivāha Darśana (श्री सीताराम विवाह दर्शन) | Hindi | An eight-day discourse delivered in March 1999 on the purport of Sita and Rama's marriage episode as described in the Ramcharitmanas. | Shri Tulsi Peeth Seva Nyas |
| 2004 | Tuma Pāvaka Ma̐ha Karahu Nivāsā (तुम पावक मँह करहु निवासा) | Hindi | A nine–day discourse delivered in September 2003 on the episode of Sīta's stay in fire as described in the Ramcharitmanas. | Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Handicapped University |
| 2006 | Ahalyoddhāra (अहल्योद्धार) | Hindi | A nine–day discourse delivered in April 2000 on the episode of Ahalya's liberation by Rama. | Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Handicapped University |
| 2008 | Hara Te Bhe Hanumāna (हर ते भे हनुमान) | Hindi | A four–day discourse delivered in April 2007 on Hanuman being Shiva's incarnation. | Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Handicapped University |

### Critical edition of Ramcharitmanas

Rambhadracharya's most controversial work was the critical edition of the Ramcharitmanas, which was published as the Tulsi Peeth edition. He was accused of tampering with the epic, but the dispute died down after Rambhadracharya expressed his regret for any annoyance or pain caused by the publication. A writ petition was also filed against him but it was dismissed. This edition was published in 2005 by Shri Tulsi Peeth Seva Nyas.

## Audio and video

| Year | Title | Language | Publisher | Summary |
| 2001 | Bhajana Sarayū (भजन सरयू) | Hindi | Yuki Cassettes, Delhi | Audio CD with eight Bhajans (devotional hymns) devoted to Rama. Composed, set to music, and sung by Rambhadracharya. |
| 2001 | Bhajana Yamunā (भजन यमुना) | Hindi | Yuki Cassettes, Delhi | Audio CD with seven Bhajans devoted to Krishna. Composed, set to music, and sung by Rambhadracharya. |
| 2009 | Śrī Hanumat Bhakti (श्री हनुमत् भक्ति) | Hindi | Kuber Music, New Delhi | Audio CD with six Bhajans devoted to Hanuman, and composed by Tulsidas. Set to music and sung by Rambhadracharya. |
| 2009 | Śrīsītārāmasuprabhātam (श्रीसीतारामसुप्रभातम्) | Sanskrit | Yuki Cassettes, Delhi | Audio CD of Śrīsītārāmasuprabhātam, a Suprabhata poem. Composed, set to music, and sung in the Vairagi Raga by Rambhadracharya. |
| 2009 | Sundara Kāṇḍa (सुन्दर काण्ड) | Hindi | Yuki Cassettes, Delhi | DVD with a musical rendition of and commentary on the Sundar Kand of Ramcharitmanas. Spoken, set to music, and sung by Rambhadracharya. |